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2021

I bought my house eight years ago. This was such a gift. After years of renting and rotating housemates, I just couldn’t handle the transience anymore.

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Common Ground
October 2021 Edtn

6 min read

A Tale of Two Tables

Mark Barnard

Have you ever considered what the most important piece of furniture in your house is? Now that might seem a strange question, but consider for a moment the significance of that particular armchair, the one that beckons you to sit, sip, and ponder.

Living Well

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Common Ground
October 2021 Edtn

7 min read

Home is Where the Art is

Sam Bloore

Wandering up the gentle curve of Cape Horn Road with our new “lockdown diversion” skateboards under our arms, Benji stopped and pointed down. “Look Dad … a face!” Sure enough, a patch of tarseal had been brought to life by three rusty leaves and a wry-grin-of-a-twig.

Arts, Photography, Music Living Well

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Common Ground
October 2021 Edtn

20 min read

Field Notes: Hannah Chapman

Hannah Chapman

I was born in Porirua. Our family were living in Cannons Creek, and we lived there for a little while until my Dad was asked by the family to come home to Tūrangi to help address the mass unemployment that was going on here.

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Common Ground
October 2021 Edtn

3 min read

Making a Home—An Expanded Vision

Melody Cooper

I think that home is about what happens within the four walls, but it reaches outside of them also. This can be true whether you have a permanent structure to call home or not.

Arts, Photography, Music

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Common Ground
October 2021 Edtn

7 min read

John Cassian on Restlessness

Andrew Shamy

The driver of the white convertible rests one arm casually on the steering wheel. He has long hair and is wearing bracelets.

Faith & Work Living Well

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Common Ground
October 2021 Edtn

4 min read

Editorial: To Make a Home

John Dennison

In the past year, many of us will have spent more time at home than in any other context. With the impact of lockdowns and altered work patterns, how we think and feel about “home” has become—let’s say—layered and complex, as comfort is tainted by cabin fever and as our settled places are shaken.

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The Hope of Home in a Homeless Society

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